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Which is the best definition of a tectonic plate?
A. All solid, rigid rock beneath the continents and above deeper, bendable rock B. All solid, rigid rock beneath the continents and oceans and above deeper, bendable rock C. All solid, rigid rock that lies beneath the layer of loose dirt at the Earth’s surface and above deeper, bendable rock D. All solid, rigid rock and loose dirt beneath the Earth's surface and above deeper, bendable rock E. All solid, rigid rock beneath both the Earth's surface and deeper, bendable rock
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Question Identifier: GCI_2011_064 Designed for: Non-Science Majors Primary Author(s): J. Libarkin, S. Anderson Contributing Author(s): E.M. Geraghty Ward
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Which is the best definition of a tectonic plate?
A. All solid, rigid rock beneath the continents and above deeper, bendable rockB. All solid, rigid rock beneath the continents and oceans and above deeper, bendable rock
C. All solid, rigid rock that lies beneath the layer of loose dirt at the Earth’s surface and above deeper, bendable rock
D. All solid, rigid rock and loose dirt beneath the Earth's surface and above deeper, bendable rock
E. All solid, rigid rock beneath both the Earth's surface and deeper, bendable rock
bold = correct answer
Question Identifier: GCI_2011_064
Designed for: Non-Science Majors
Primary Author(s): J. Libarkin, S. Anderson
Contributing Author(s): E.M. Geraghty Ward
Misconception's Reference: Original GCI (https://www.msu.edu/~libarkin/GCI_PUBLICATIONS.html)